Well gee I had no idea catching wasn't a skilled position. Let's put Lowrie behind there. On Apr 22, 2011 6:43 PM, "Steve Ouellette" <[email protected]> wrote: > Keith Woolner, who was administrator for the other Red Sox list for > years, wrote for BP and now works for the first-place Indians, did an > in-depth study on catcher defense, in BP and in a chapter ("Is Mike > Matheny a catching genius?") of the book "Baseball by the Numbers." > Interesting stuff, and the conclusion: > > "One of the most controversial results from the sabermetric community > is the lack of evidence supporting big differences in catcher > defensive ability, other than differences in controlling the running > games ... the further we look into the realm of catcher performance, > the fewer places the elusive realm of catcher influence has to hide. > There is no objective evidence that the catchers considered to be the > best at their craft actually improve pitcher efficiency, increase > strike rates, induce more misses and fouls, or do anything else to > reduce batters' offensive output." > > Steve O > > > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Steve Ouellette > <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's not consistent. You're saying Tek is five runs better than the >> generic catcher defensively? Per game? >> >> Beckett's ERA with Paul Lo Duca, Mike Redmond and noted poor pitch >> caller Pudge Rodriguez: 3.46. >> >> Steve O >> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Those numbers are consistent with Beckett's Tek vs. Non-Tek numbers over the >>> past four years. To say catchers don't matter is silly. >>> >>> On Apr 22, 2011 5:14 PM, "Ray Salemi" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> This is a low sample size issue. >>>> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. >
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